Manchester United can win the Premier League this year, says Darren Fletcher

CHUMPIONES: Fletcher reckons United can jump from seventh to title winner [GETTY]

United suffered a disastrous season last term under David Moyes.

The humiliated Scot was sacked after finishing seventh and missing out on Champions League football.

But now with Louis van Gaal in charge, Fletcher believes United will come good again.

"I don't think it is impossible to go from seventh to winning the League," he said.

"Liverpool didn't have European football last year and they went close to winning the league, so hopefully we can go one better next year.

"Just to target fourth place [and qualification for the Champions League] is a dangerous mindset to have. We are not players - or a club for that matter - who think like that and we will be going out to win the league. We believe we can do it."

“I don't think it is impossible to go from seventh to winning the League”

Darren Fletcher

Fletcher has told his team-mates to lay down a marker ahead of the new season, by beating title rivals Liverpool tonight to win the first trophy of Van Gaal's reign.

They face Brendan Rodgers' men in Miami in the final of the International Champions Cup, having beaten European champions Real Madrid on Saturday night in front of a staggering crowd of 109,318 in the Michigan Stadium.

It was the biggest crowd to ever watch a football match in the US and another 80,000 are expected at Miami's Sun Life Stadium tonight.

"I know it's only pre-season and it's just a summer competition, but when United play Liverpool, it is always a big deal," said Fletcher.

"We want to win every match and it is no different when we play Liverpool.

"Hopefully it's a chance to make amends for last season's defeat at Old Trafford and show how far we've come. We have just beaten Real Madrid, the European champions, and we now want to go on and beat Liverpool.

"That is the sort of thing that gives the squad confidence. We have a lot of young players out here and you have to remember that. But all of us have to do it as a team, collectively, and we are doing that."

Van Gaal's men followed up their wins over LA Galaxy, Roma and Inter Milan with a fourth against a Real team missing new signings Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez as well as Karim Benzema and United target Angel Di Maria.

Former Old Trafford hero Cristiano Ronaldo made a 15-minute cameo at the end.

"The results are important, but so are the performances and they have got better with every game," said Fletcher after Ashley Young scored twice and Javier Hernandez claimed the other in United's 3-1 win.

"Hopefully that can continue but the main thing is winning games and getting that mentality back.

"We can feel it coming back. Before the first game, we spoke about doing that - winning and getting the feel-good factor of winning because it breeds confidence."